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THURSPAYi MARCH 30, 1839 Treatment And Trees And (Condensed from Farmers Bulletin No. 1726 U. S. Department . Agriculture) Wounds of all sorts are so com mon on trees that most people have become .oblivious of the .damage arising from neglected wounds, or at least they underrate the pos sibilities df damage, Every broken limb and every other kind of 1 ex ternal wound that penetrates to the inner, bark may allow active plant or animal parasites or rot producing organisms to enter unless these injuries receive prompt ' and proper treatment and care. The best, safest, and most eco nomical means of preventing future extensive decay, disfigurement, or premature death of a tree is to attend to .each wound as. soon as it occurs. This kind of work is simple and comparatively inexpen sive.' v " Many people still fail to realize the full extent to which properly located, healthy, and well-kept trees enhance the value of real estate, particularly for residential purposes. '. Strticture and Life Prpceaaea In order to undertake intelligent ly any cutting of tissues on an injured tree it is essential that one should know something about the normal life processes of a healthy' tree and how mechanical injuries, decay, and J cutting affect these processes. ' A tree is composed of three main parts the root, the stem, and the leaf. The root and stem are composed of the, bark, the cam bium, and the wood. The general structure of any large root is essentially the same as that of the stem, which is de scribed below. The root and its many branches serve not only for. anchorage, but also as passages for the entrance of water into a tree. Practically no- water enters elsewhere. It enters chiefly through the root hairs and very small root branches, passes into the larger root branches, then up the trunk and out through the larger and smaller branches to the leaves. A cross section of the stem or trunk, a large branch, or a root of almost any of our common trees snows mai wic uui. ji n " posed of a central cylinder of wood surrounded by a comparatively thin mantle of bark. The bark is composed of two parts ; the dry outer corky bark and the moist inner living bark. The woody cylinder of the older trees, is commonly divided into two more or less well-defined reg ions, an outer lighter colored cyl inder known as the sapwod and an inner darker colored cylinder known as the heartwood. The heartwood. may be regard ed as dead or "nonconducting" tis sue which is useful mainly-in giv ing rigidity or stiffness to the tree. This explain? why the heart wood often can rot away, or be entirely removed, without 'causing serious injury other than ? impair ing the strength of the tree. Most of the transfer of water from the soil to the leaves takes place through the sapwood. Between the inner bark and the sapwood in all healthy parts j of a tree there is a very thin con tinuous layer of young tissue, which is not necessarily- sharply ; marked off from either bark or wood. This is the cambium. - ' " All new layers of the normal bark and wood of roots, trunks, and branches orginate in the liv ing cambium, never elsewhere. Consequently it is of the utmost importance to keep the cambium an a healthy and uninjured condi tion at all times. Diseases or in juries that kill large portions of the cambium usually kill the tree. Leaves are. the structures of lab oratories in which the organic food of the plant is manufactured from the inorganic food elements. Also they are the organs through which most of the water taken up by the roots is evaporated ; furthermore, it is the leaves that are most ac tive in absorbing oxygen and giv ing off carbon dioxide in the pro cess of respiration, a process that is as necessary for all plants as it ia for animals, and for analogous reasons. ' Cumm Of Injury Insects, rodents fungi and con ditions that keep water from - the Care Of Their Wounds roots are among the, causes of tree injuries. When Work May Ba Pom Tree work has heretofore been" undertaken at almost any time of the ' year when the sap has not been running too ' actively and the weather lias not been too cold. The best time for major pruning and cavity work will be during May, June, July, and August, and the next best time in September and October, for the Northern states; and for a somewhat more extend ed period ' in the Southern states. Extensive cutting of trees should be avoided during the "bleeding" season. Treatment In treating tree, wounds a few fundamental principles must be ob served, in order to secure perma nently good results. These may be summarized briefly as follows: 1. Remove all decayed, diiseased, or injured wood or bark. When it is on a limb this can often be done best by removing the entire limb; if it is on a large limb or on the. trunk it may be necessary -to cut out ' the decayed matter, leav ing a cavity. 2. Sterilize all cut surfaces. This may be omitted .if a good steriliz ing dressing is used. 3. Protect all cut surfaces f ram external moisture and other injur ious external agencies by also ap plying a more permanent dressing over-the sterilized surface. 4. Leave the work in the most favorable condition for rapid heal ing; this ;jnay sometimes necessi tate filling deep cavities. 5. Watch the work from? year to year for defects, and if any ap pear, repair them immediately. A ' man - who insists on using climbing spurs in tree-repair work should never be allowed to work on trees. Nails and hard leather shoes; and heels on shoes, often cause injury. Rubber-soled tennis shoes, or. "sneakers," or some sim ilar soft-soled shoes that will not slip should be worn when it be comes necessary to climb a tree. ( Excavating One of the fundamental princi ples in controlling disease (whether of animals or plants) is to remove, destroy, or render 1 harmless the organism causing the disease.' De-1 cay or rot in trees is caused by various specific organisms. These must be removed, killed, or other wise rendered harmless, in order to stop the progress of the decay. In trees the diseased tissue is usually removed by cutting. But cutting out the decayed tissue alone is not sufficient. All wounds must be protected against reinfection and, what is equally important, cracks that appear as a result of surface-drying after the work is completed must be plugged or cov ered as indicated later, for rein fection of-wounds may"' take place in these cracks. "AH parts of the cavity should be shaped so that it will be impossible for water to remain in any hollow. When the cavity extends below the surface of the ground (rarely at other times), it is-not possible to drain it in this' manner. Under such conditions the 'lower, part of the cavity should be filled to a few inches above the level of the ground, and the top of the filling sloped so as to throw the water out of the cavity in .'case the whole cavity is not be filled. Asphalt and sawdust (or asphalt and sand) are excellent mixtures to use in .such places. . The bulletin gives' detailed in structions for undercutting, steril izing, bolting and covering ' tree cavities. The i material most commonly used in this country for the past 25 or morfe years, to fill tree cavi ties has i been cement mortar or concretel Tbis material is not rec ommended for filling all cavities. For cover ing ' large wounds as well as for dressing cavities, as phalt apparently is not excelled) by any other substance. Full instruc tions for preparing a mixture? of asphalt and-' sawdust are given- in the bulletin. Reliable and conscientious' tree workers are doing much in a prac tical way to . show the publictuhat injured trees will favorably respond to proper " treatment. The practice of treating tree wounds is very bid and probably all of the best meth ods' are 'well known. Tree owners should regard with suspicion) ! all persons or firms-who claim o in ;THE 'FRANKLIN MESS AND. 1HE: HtCHLANDS MACONIAN timate that the work is a secret art. They should be particularly cautious about allowing persons to work on their trees who claim to have secret methods of curing or treating . disease, decay, or insect injuries in trees. The Department of Agriculture invites correspondence concerning methods in treating trees that have been injured. . By cooperation of this sort the practice of tree treat ment ought ultimately to attain a higher place in the estimation of the -general public than it now holds. LOADING STATIONS Loading stations for the purchase of tomatoes from farmers of the Albemarle section will be establish ed this season at Elizabeth City, Hertford and Sunhury, reports G. W. Falls, Pasquotank county agent. The growers' are asking that a government grader be established at each of the three shipping points. LEGAL ADVERTISING NOTICE OF. SALE State tel North Carolina, County, of Macon. WHEREAS, power of sale was vested in F. H. Potts, Mortgagee, by Mortgage Deed made, executed and delivered by W. T. Potts and wife, M. J. Potts, dated December, 1925, and registered in the office of the Register of Deeds for Macon County in Record of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust No. 29, page 565, and whereas, said indebtedness and Mortgage Deed securing same was duly'assigned to C, H. Zoellner by F. H. Potts, Mortgagee, on October 21st, 1933; and WHEREAS, default has been made in the indebtedness secured by said Mortgage Deed: y I will, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale in said Mortgage in me vested, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, at the Courthouse door in Franklin, North Carolina, at 12 o'clock, noon, on Friday the 28th day of April, 1939, the following described land ' and property: In Highlands Township, Macon County, North Carolina., BEGINNING at a stake and pointers situated 110 poles and 17 links south of a spruce pine, the northeast corner 'of State Grant No. 3068; runs south 42 poles to a stake and pointers.; thence west 69 poles and 14 links to a stake and point ers ; thence ' north 42 poles to a stake and pointers ; thence east 69 poles and 14 links to the beginning, containing eighteen (18) acres more or less, and being a part of State Grant No. 3068. The purchaser at said sale will be required to make a cash deposit in the amount of five per cent of the amount of his bid, and, upon his failure to do so, said land will be resold at two p. m. on the same day, to the highest bidder who shall comply with said conditions. This the 28th day of March, 1939. C. H. ZOELLNER, Mortgagee M3O-4tc-A20 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION ' North Carolina, Macon County. In Tha Supadnr Qcttrt Macon County vs. General Mineral Company, a Maryland Corporation The defendants, General Mineral Company, a Maryland Corporation, will take notice that an action as above entitled has been commenced in ' the Superior Court of Macon County to the end that the plaintiff may foreclose a tax lien covering lands in which the above, named defendants have an interest, and the above named ' defendants will further take notice that they are required to appear within thirty days in the office of the Clerk of the .Superior Court of Macon Coun ty N. G, and answer or demur to the complaint in said action or the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said com plaint. This the 28th day of March, 1939. HARLEY R. CABE, Clerk of the Superior Court M30-4tc A20 - NOTICE OF PUBLICATION North Carotin Macon County ' In Tha Supartct- Court ' Bafora tha Clerk Tilda Wood, F. S. Roper and wife, Grace Roper and . Wayne Wood VS. ...-.' . ' C A Shields, unknown administra tor of Sis Shields, unknown heirs at law of Sis Shields, unknown heirs at law of Mattie Caylor, unknown LEGAL ADVERTISING administrator of Mattie Caylor, Lester Cayor, Hester Owens and husband, Matthew Owens, J. D. Howard and wife, Ruth Howard; the unknown administrator of the estate of Wylie Howard, deceased; Anna Howard, Trula Howard, Drewey Howard, Rush Howard, Eleanor Howard, a Helen Howard, Blaine Howard, Roy Howard, Neil Howard, Blon Howard, the un known heirs .at law of Wylie How ard, deceased; D. W. 'Grizzle, un known administrator of Lillie How ard Grizzle, J. C. Grizzle and wife, Lois Grizzle ; unknown heirs at law of Lillie Howard Howard Griz zle, Lassie Totherrow and husband, Tom Totherrow; Pearl. Lee and husband, Charlie Lee, May Neal and husband, Homer Neal, and all persons, firms or corporations own ing or claiming to own any right, title, interest or estate in and to the subject matter of this action. The defendants, C. A. Shields, unknown administrator of Sis Shields, unknown heirs at law of Sis Shields, unknown heirs at law of Mattie Caylor, unknown admin istrator of Mattie Caylor, Lester Caylor, J. D. Howard ' and ' wife, Ruth Howard; the unknown admin istrator of the estate of Wylie Howard, deceased; Anna Howard, Trula Howard, Drewey Howard, Rush Howard, Eleanor Howard, Helen Howard, Blaine Howard, Roy Howard, Neil Howard, Bloh Howard, the unknown heirs at law of Wylie How ard, deceased ; D. W. Grizzle, un known administrator of Lillie How ard Grizzle; J, C. Grizzle and wife, Lois Grizzle; unknown heirs at law of Lillie Howard Grizzle; Lassie Totherrow and husband, Tom Toth errow; Pearl Lee and husband, Charlie Lee; May Neal and hus band, Homer Neal, and all per sons, firms or corporations owning ofclaiming to own any right, title, interest or estate in and to the subject matter of this action, will take notice that an action as above entitled,, has been commenced in the Superior Court of Macpn Coun ty, North Carolina, to the end that the mineral interest in the lands de scribed in the petition, situated in Macon County, North' Carolina, in which petitioners and defendants have an interest, may be sold for partition and the above named de fendants shall take notice that they are required to appear within 30 days in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Macon Coun ty, North Carolina and answer or demur to the petition in said action or the petitioners will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said petition. This the 27th day of March, 1939. HARLEY R. CABE, Clerk of Superior Court, Macon County, North Carolina. M30 4tc A20 , NOTICE North Carolina, Macon County In Tha Suparfor Gourt Bafora tha Clark D. M. Sweatman, Administrator of the estate of George Nichols, deceased,- ' v vs. Rosetta Ledford,, et al. The defendants, Rosetta Ledford and husband Ledford, Louellen Byd and husband, Bill Byrd, Bessie Carpenter, Ruby Car penter, Ed Carpenter, Margie Car penter, Billy Carpenter, Hester Anderson, Vesta Anderson, Zanny Anderson and Harry Anderson will take notice that a special proceed ing has been commenced before the Clerk of the Superior Court of Macon County, North Carolina, by D. M. Sweatman, Administrator of the estate of George Nichols, de ceased, wherein the said D. M. Sweatman has petitioned the Court for an order -to sell the lands of the said George Nichols, deceased, to make assets to pay the debts of his intestate; and the said defen dants will further take notice that they ahd each of them is required to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of said County at the courthouse in Franklin, North Carolina, on the 12th day of April, 1939, and ans wer or demur to the petition filed in said special proceeding, or the said Administrator will apply to the Court for the relief therein de manded. Witness my hand and seal this the 2nd day of March, 1939. HARLEY R. CABE.' Clerk Superior Court, Macon County North Carolina. M9 4te M3Q PAGE SEVEN ' LEGAL ADVERTISING ADMINISTRATOR C. T. A. NOTICE Having qualified as administrator C. T. A. of Edmund Pettus Rob erts, deceased, late on Macon coun ty, N. C, this is to notify all per sons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on or be fore the 31st day of January, 1940, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons in debted to said estate will please make immediate settlement. This 31&t day of January, 1939. R. S. JONES, Administrator C. T. A. M16-6tc A20 ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE Having qualified as administratrix of N. L. Jolly, deceased, late of Macon county, N. G, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate , of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 8th day of March, 1940, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settlement. This 8th day of March, 1939., MRS. J. R. PARRISH, Administratrix. M9 otp A13 ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as administrator of John C. Henderson, deceased, late of Macon county, N. C, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 27th day of February, 1940, or this notice will be plead in bar of their 1 re covery. All persons indebted to said estate, will please make immediate settlement. This 27th day of February, 1939. G W. HENDERSON, Administrator M2-6tp A6 ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE Having qualified as administratrix of E. A. Van Hook, deceased, late of Macon county, N. G, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased , to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 3rd day of March, 1940, or this notice wiH be plead in bar of their recovery. All per sons indebted to said estate' will please make immediate settlement. This 3rd day of March, 1939. . ELIZABETH VAN HOOK, Administratrix M9otp A13 ADMINISTRATOR C. T. A. NOTICE Having qualified as administrator C. T. A. of Octa Stiles, deceased, late of Macon county, N. C.,' this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of ' said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 8th day of February, 1940, or this notice will be plead in bar of their re covery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settlement. ' This 8th day of February, 194a G. F. STILES, Administrator C. T. A. M9 6tp A13 ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as administrator of A. S. Gregory, deceased, late of Macon county, N. G, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 18th day of March, 1940, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settlement. This 18th day of March, 1939. C. C. STAMEY, Administrator.' M23 6tp A27 ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as administrator of Grace Anderson and Jane 4 Wil liamson, deceased,1 late of Macon county, N. C, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on ot be fore the 18th day of March, 1940, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons in debted to said estate will please make immediate settlement. This 18th day of March, 1939. J. S. WALDROOP, Administrator, M23 6tp A3? , J '''.' r